A pre-tensioned article and method of making an article of footwear involving pre-tensioning a sole structure during manufacturing. In some embodiments, the sole structure may include a plurality of apertures that provide an auxetic effect. In further embodiments, the upper may also be pre-tensioned in a similar manner as the sole structure.

A pre-tensioned article and method of making an article of footwear involving pre-tensioning a sole structure during manufacturing. In some embodiments, the sole structure may include a plurality of apertures that provide an auxetic effect. In further embodiments, the upper may also be pre-tensioned in a similar manner as the sole structure.

The Shoe With Snaps Buttons and Open Hole For Articles has an opening front hole window to keep fresh air on the feet, the feet to breath better, and which may also help the nails not change their color after long periods of shoe wearing, and keep the feet warm. It has four snaps buttons closure. It can be wore in summer when it is hot and in the winter when it is cold or just for fresh air. The shoe closes on both sides. One closes on top leaving a window open. The other closes at the bottom. It has a backslash line design on both side of the shoe. It has forward slash and backslash on the back of the shoe.

The Shoe With Snaps Buttons and Open Hole For Articles has an opening front hole window to keep fresh air on the feet, the feet to breath better, and which may also help the nails not change their color after long periods of shoe wearing, and keep the feet warm. It has four snaps buttons closure. It can be wore in summer when it is hot and in the winter when it is cold or just for fresh air. The shoe closes on both sides. One closes on top leaving a window open. The other closes at the bottom. It has a backslash line design on both side of the shoe. It has forward slash and backslash on the back of the shoe.

A flexible shoe includes an under sole, a foot bed, a first over-foot portion, and a second over-foot portion. The under sole is formed of ballistic nylon. The foot bed is arranged on an upper surface of the under sole. The first over-foot portion is attached to the under sole and is configured to flexibly overly an instep of a foot of a user forward of an ankle of the user. The second over-foot portion is configured to flexibly wrap around a heel of the user rearward of the ankle of the user. The under sole, the first over-foot portion, and the second over-foot portion define a cavity configured to enclose the foot of the user. The foot bed is positioned entirely within the cavity.

A flexible shoe includes an under sole, a foot bed, a first over-foot portion, and a second over-foot portion. The under sole is formed of ballistic nylon. The foot bed is arranged on an upper surface of the under sole. The first over-foot portion is attached to the under sole and is configured to flexibly overly an instep of a foot of a user forward of an ankle of the user. The second over-foot portion is configured to flexibly wrap around a heel of the user rearward of the ankle of the user. The under sole, the first over-foot portion, and the second over-foot portion define a cavity configured to enclose the foot of the user. The foot bed is positioned entirely within the cavity.

Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

An article of footwear formed from a flat pattern to include a side seam and/or utilizing aperture alignment of multiple flat pattern pieces is disclosed. In aspects, an article of footwear, such as an upper, is formed from a flat pattern and modified into a dimensional article of footwear that includes a side closing. The side closing may comprise adjoined side edges of the flat pattern upper that are secured to each other with a securing element to maintain the dimensional article of footwear in its shape. Alignment of the parts may be provided through at least partial alignment of apertures in the flat pattern upper and apertures in a securing element and/or other flat pattern pieces, including using multi-purpose apertures, allowing streamlined processing and manufacturing of footwear.

An article of footwear formed from a flat pattern to include a side seam and/or utilizing aperture alignment of multiple flat pattern pieces is disclosed. In aspects, an article of footwear, such as an upper, is formed from a flat pattern and modified into a dimensional article of footwear that includes a side closing. The side closing may comprise adjoined side edges of the flat pattern upper that are secured to each other with a securing element to maintain the dimensional article of footwear in its shape. Alignment of the parts may be provided through at least partial alignment of apertures in the flat pattern upper and apertures in a securing element and/or other flat pattern pieces, including using multi-purpose apertures, allowing streamlined processing and manufacturing of footwear.

A footwear article comprises an outsole oriented to define a bottom of a footwear article and configured for ground contact, the outsole comprising natural rubber, wherein the outsole comprises a cupsole shape having a bottom portion and a sidewall extending from a periphery of the bottom portion, the sidewall terminating at an upper peripheral edge of the outsole, and wherein a thickness of the outsole measured through the upper peripheral edge is about 1.0 mm, a binding disposed over opposing sides of the upper peripheral edge of the outsole, wherein the binding is stitched to the outsole along a first stitch seam, an upper portion stitched to the binding and the outsole along a second stitch seam adjacent the first stitch seam; and a midsole disposed adjacent the bottom portion of the outsole and at least partially surrounded by the upper portion.